Style: Belgian Pale Ale
All StylesStyle Profile
BU:GU
0.49
Hops
3.7 g/L
Mash pH
5.58
Style Guidelines BJCP 2021 Beer
OG 1.054
FG 1.012
IBU 26
ABV 5.6%
SRM
Typical Grain Bill
% of total grain weight across all recipes · sums to ~100%
Common Additions
% of Belgian Pale Ale recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
Hop Usage by Addition Type
g/L · median with IQR range
Bittering 0.53 g/L
Flavour 0.61 g/L
Aroma 0.62 g/L
Whirlpool 0.64 g/L
Dry Hop 0.99 g/L
Common Hops
- 23% Saaz
- 13% East Kent Goldings
- 12% Styrian Golding
- 10% Magnum
- 9% Cascade
- 7% Hallertau Mittelfrüh
- 6% Fuggle
- 5% Perle
- 5% Tettnang
- 5% Citra
% of Belgian Pale Ale recipes using each hop
Dry-Hop Rate by Year
g/L · median with IQR range
2018 2.25 g/L
2019 0.36 g/L
2020 1.5 g/L
2021 0.81 g/L
2022 0.23 g/L
2023 0.79 g/L
2024 1.11 g/L
dated Belgian Pale Ale recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
Common Fermentables
- 10% Belgian - Pilsner
- 8% Belgian - Biscuit
- 8% Pilsner (2 Row) Bel
- 6% Belgian - Pale Ale
- 6% Caramunich Malt
- 6% Aromatic Malt
- 6% German - Pilsner
- 5% American - Pilsner
- 5% Biscuit Malt
- 5% Munich Malt
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
Common Yeasts
- 7% Belgian Ale (M41) Mangrove Jack's
- 6% Belgian Ardennes (3522) Wyeast Labs
- 6% SafBrew Specialty Ale (T-58) Fermentis
- 5% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 4% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 4% Belgian Ale (WLP550) White Labs
- 3% Safebrew Abbey Ale (BE-256) Fermentis
- 3% Belgian Ale Yeast (1214) Wyeast Labs
- 2% Belgian Golden Ale (WLP570) White Labs
- 2% Trappist Ale (WLP500) White Labs
% of Belgian Pale Ale recipes using each strain
Mash Profile
- 75% Single Infusion
- 21% Step Mash
- 4% Decoction
% of Belgian Pale Ale recipes with mash data
Typical Water Profile
- 75 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 10 ppm Na⁺
- 75 ppm Cl⁻
- 75 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 100 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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